Atlas Gym: Saturday evening

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan had agreed to start self-defense lessons for two of his friends. They'd talked about it for months but recent events had galvanized it so here he was at the gym, setting up one of the side rooms with a double layer of floor mats and some padded gloves and other assorted things.

He'd handwaved told both men to wear cups or other groin protection. He didn't think they'd need it tonight but they should get used to moving in it at the very least. Eventually they'd be pairing off against one another and they'd need it.

For now, what he needed was padding. Not for taking falls - they wouldn't be doing any of that for awhile due to Hernando's head injury - but as a safe but unstable footing for them to learn spacial relations on.

One of the most effective martial arts in the world.. and it all started with a funky game of 'tag'.

[Open. Minor OCD.]

Comments

For Sparkle and Hernando

[spectre_alenko]

The area's set up for lessons for these two. Peanut gallery welcome but interruptions are going to learn just how fast Kaidan can get annoyed.

Re: For Sparkle and Hernando

[myownface]

Okay. Okay. This would be good. Sparkle was still kind of keyed up after New York. And you'd think maybe he'd stop being keyed up two weeks later, but, look, it had fucking sucked and he still didn't know if, like, he'd left seriously injured punks or corpses behind, and maybe a couple of hours of physical activity would help keep his mind off of things for a bit.

There had to be better ways to deal with that sort of thing than 'go for the fucking eyes,' anyway.

"Okay, this is good. It's gonna be good."

Re: For Sparkle and Hernando

[hernando_fuentes]

Hernando showed up shortly after Sparkle did. Kaidan was just going to have to wait for a moment while he walked over and quite thoroughly kissed his boyfriend hello. He could see Sparkle was twitchy. "Hi," he murmured when they surfaced.

Re: For Sparkle and Hernando

[myownface]

"Hiiii," Sparkle murmured back, smiling a little. See? That did wonders for his mood right there already. "How are you doing, babe?"

Re: For Sparkle and Hernando

[hernando_fuentes]

"A little nervous," Hernando admitted, "I am not certain what to expect. Kaidan said it would not shake my head around and there would be no falling work today, but other than that?" Palm shrug. He searched Sparkle's face. "How are you doing, baby?"

Re: For Sparkle and Hernando

[myownface]

"Better?" A beat. "Mostly better. It's good to see you up and about and only kinda doing a raccoon impression. I've been..."

Doubling down on his bullshit?

"Been talking to Dr. Lecter about learning some first aid, actually."

And learning the opposite of first aid.

Re: For Sparkle and Hernando

[hernando_fuentes]

"If you have your eyeliner in your bag I could correct the 'kinda'," Hernando teased him. He was a little bit worried about all the pauses in Sparkle's answer. "First aid is a useful thing to know. I had to learn first responder training and basic first aid for my professorship. The college required it of all faculty." He smiled ruefully, "You see how much good it did me when I was injured." None. It had done him no good at all. He hadn't even been able to tell Sparkle what to do.

He nuzzled his no longer bleeding at a touch nose against Sparkle's. "I am glad you are doing better even for 'mostly'."

Spectator gallery

[spectre_alenko]

Watching is allowed.

Re: Spectator gallery

[what_the_shock]

Miguel wandered into the gym, did his workout, then stopped to watch. Huh.

Re: Spectator gallery

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan nodded over at Miguel while he ran Sparkle and Hernando around the mats.

Re: Spectator gallery

[what_the_shock]

Miguel nodded back. "Low-speed tag?"

Re: Spectator gallery

[spectre_alenko]

"Situational awareness training: baby steps," Kaidan chuckled and nodded at Hernando, "Recovering from a concussion. We'll do this for a little while and then they'll start learning blocks."

Re: Spectator gallery

[what_the_shock]

Miguel frowned. "He okay?" He liked Hernando, the few times they'd met.

Re: Spectator gallery

[notallbluemonks]

Big surprise, Beau spent a lot of time at the gym. Like today, for example, but when she saw what was going on . . .

"FIGHT CLUB!" she bellowed, and bounded over to watch. And heckle, more than likely, but the way she kept bouncing on her toes with her fists clenched and an intensely absorbed look on her face she might just try and throw herself in there to hit things any second.

Re: Spectator gallery

[myownface]

"It's not a fucking fight club!" Sparkle called back.

And then paused, and a few seconds later added, "... Is there a fight club?"

That would be awesome.

Re: Spectator gallery

[notallbluemonks]

"Maybe it should be one, because one doesn't fucking exist as far as I can tell," Beau retorted.

Which was a crime as far as she was concerned, and she was arguably an expert on the subject.

Re: Spectator gallery

[myownface]

"And now I want a fucking fight club," Sparkle bitched. "Thanks!"

Re: Spectator gallery

[notallbluemonks]

"See, THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING!"

Learn how to use your indoor voice, Beau, and get down off those mats.

Re: Spectator gallery

[what_the_shock]

"Slowest, lowest-damage fight club ever," Miguel said, grinning over at her.

Re: Spectator gallery

[notallbluemonks]

"I mean, I could fix that," Beau pointed out. "You get more people, it kind of averages out, right?"

Re: Spectator gallery

[what_the_shock]

"Only if they're doing more than average damage," Miguel said. "Though we could probably manage that, too."

Re: Spectator gallery

[notallbluemonks]

"Yeah, I didn't pay that much attention in math," Beau said, shrugging. "But I mean, seriously, I'm so down to compensate in the damage department."

No one who had met her for a second was likely to be surprised, huh?

Kaidan before or after the lesson

[spectre_alenko]

Whee.

Just wanna use the gym? Go ahead

[spectre_alenko]

The rest of the gym's open. Do your thing.

ooc

[spectre_alenko]

No world ending.